freeloader

Hi,

i am think of making a workstand using this -

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

The jaw should be wide enough to clamp any top tube or seat post, and it is able to support up to 20kg. I would appreciate feedback and suggestions on the idea. Thanks.

Zef

I bought a workstand (Ulitmate Pro-Elite) a bunch of years ago to facilitate bike maintenance tasks and bike build projects. Prior to buying the stand I used a loop of rock climbing utility chord hitched through an eyebolt set in a rafter in my garage that I simply loop around the seat of a bike.

I thought having a workstand would provide more benefit than it actually does. While I enjoy using my workstand, the only thing it has really provided me with the exception of a lighter/thinner wallet is portability. I can move it around my garage or take it with me to an event (which I rarely do). In actuality the chord method provided me almost the exact same usefulness at a fraction of the price. If you skip the eyebolt and simply hitch the loop of chord over a beam/rafter you can easily reposition it anywhere...obviously if you have a finished ceiling that is not an option but the eyebolt method would still work once you decide where you want it set up.

I am into do-it-yourself projects and when I am living in the state my garage is a bike shop, ski shop, and wood shop...so I understand the desire to make a stand verses buy a stand but there really is no reason to spend anything more than a couple of dollars to make a functional way to support your bike for maintenance and repairs.

-j

MEversbergII

I've thought about making myself one out of wood. Two sets of beams in an upside down L shape attached to a base. A large, rubber coated hook sticking out of each upper beam-face would support the bike.

M.

CACycling

The load rating of 20kg (44 lbs) is a static load. While your bike is probably well within the rating, once you start torquing down on bolts you will be subjecting it to loads well above its rating. Also, the clamping area seems to be less than half of what work stands have so the stress will be spread over a smaller area.

fietsbob

Another approach : remove the front wheel, then a pickup bed bike rack piece is ready made ,
bolt that to a sawhorse .. add a machine screw type bike hanger hook and a wingnut on the threads

place it so it is holding down the BB shell or similar bottom part of the frame, ..

a style the Pro Race mechanics adopted , because you can get to both sides of the bike, walking around it ,

and no matter how weirdly shaped the frame , it has a front wheel and a crank.

RubeRad

I have this stand, and although it is not the best stand in the world, it is definitely worth $32.95. Cheap enough that I wouldn't spend energy on a DIY stand. If you want it to be super-compact, you can loosen some of the bottom plate bolts so all the legs and the top arm can all be in the same plane; then it could slide under or behind somewhere real easy.

That is a pretty cool looking clamp though -- I can't tell from the pictures how the back of the clamp would attach to the rest of your stand (pipe? 2x4? bench?).

fietsbob, that's the first time I've heard that idea, that's pretty good too, except for adjusting front brakes, or truing front wheel using brake pads as your indicator.

HillRider

You can get around the front end inaccessibility problem by reversing the bike and clamping the rear dropouts instead. The "Pro Stands" are commercial versions of this idea. Here's Park's:

https://www.parktool.com/product/team-race-stand-prs-20